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    How do I monitor FPS

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by deeppowder, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. deeppowder

    deeppowder Notebook Consultant

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    What program do you use?
    Thanks
    DP
     
    deeppowder, Jul 26, 2008
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    reidy- Notebook Enthusiast

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    FRAPs

    its pretty much a standard
     
    reidy-, Jul 26, 2008
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    RivaTuner is better than FRAPs for FPS and GPU temp monitor while in-game.

    FRAPs is good and can record vids.
     
    Gophn, Jul 26, 2008
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  4. Shroomy

    Shroomy Notebook Consultant

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    If you don't want to have the fuss over getting another program, pretty much every game has an FPS counter, which is usually enabled through the console. If you don't know the command you can just google it!

    Even running Fraps to just monitor your FPS not waste useful CPU power? I'm not sure if it's a power hungry program but when you record videos it sure is "obviously!" :p
     
    Shroomy, Jul 26, 2008
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    RivaTuner is actually using the least amount of resources (as compared to FRAPs) for monitoring.

    I recommend RivaTuner also because its the only program that lets you monitor the GPU temps during in-game.
     
    Gophn, Jul 26, 2008
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  6. deeppowder

    deeppowder Notebook Consultant

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    Seems like rivatuner might be the answer.
    Thanks
    DP
     
    deeppowder, Jul 26, 2008
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Another alternative is XFire. It has a built in FPS monitor.
     
    Harper2.0, Jul 26, 2008
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    Also, some games have built-in FPS display like Call of Duty 4, which refresh faster. Or you can use Fraps or RivaTuner
     
    livesoft, Jul 26, 2008
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